LaHaye: Japan Earthquake A Sign Of The End Times

[meegbear]

Today, Japan was hit by an absolutely devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami and so, of course, the Religious Right reacts as they always do ... by seeing it as a sign of the End Times:

Tim LaHaye, the best-selling author of the "Left Behind" series of Bible prophecy novels, was one of many visiting the island of Maui who had to be evacuated to upper floors of the Marriott Hotel today.

He said being caught in the crossfire of the fourth largest earthquake in modern history helped prepare him for two prophecy conferences he was scheduled to address in Hawaii.

"The Bible tells us in Matthew 24 that one of the signs of the last days – one of the birth pangs to occur – is an increase in earthquake activity and intensity," LaHaye told WND. "We're seeing that happen here. It's not just earthquakes, but hurricanes and all kinds of natural disasters."

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/lahaye-japan-earthquake-sign-end-times

And so it begins ....

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Dummy me, got my messages wrong

I thought it was about the gay!

:hi:

Of course they do... I guess the Plates were put there by god to swallow the earth... oh wait, they were...

[RKP5637]

2. There will be big bucks to be made off this by the 'profits' of doom. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

3. Was god trying to get him and missed??

[rurallib]

4. next to be heard from : The Phelps clan.

[RKP5637]

9. Yeah, not to be outdone, the runner up is, Pat Robertson! n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Good. I hope those dumb bastards get raptured outta here

and leave the rest of us alone.

[LynneSin]

6. Seriously I'm having a kick ass birthday party this year since it's a week before the world ends

Everytime I visit my best friend they have those 'End of the world on 5/21/2011' billboards going each direction. My b-day is 5/14 so might as well party like it's the end of the world!

[hobbit709]

7. LaHaye: a sign of extreme stupidity.

[SpiralHawk]

8. "Buy my book now." - RepubliKKKristo Profiteers (R)

"It won't save your ass, but it will stuff my wallet. Smirk. Sneer."

- RepubliKKKristo Profiteers (R)

[meegbear]

11. I was bummed about that ...

that's my birthday and I didn't get raptured :cry:

[gratuitous]

10. Dear Mr. LaHaye

Please either roll up your sleeves and get to work (keep reading until you get to Matthew 25 if you need some ideas for what to do), or open your overstuffed checkbook and write a few large checks. If you're not willing to help in some material fashion, then shut up. Your ignorant ravings are not helping anyone, you fraud.

[tridim]

12. I think the abundance of religious right idiots is a sign of the end-times..

..of religion.

[joeunderdog]

13. Unpopular question here...

doesn't all the metaphorical catastrphizing that has been predicted for this time in history seem a lot more literal than fanatical, given recent events?

I wrote off all the End of the World'ers as mistaking vague historical and biblical references as factual. But it's hard to deny the incredible run of natural disasters we are experiencing nowadays. Floods, earthquakes, even snow...their recent occurrence is scientifically significant.

[tridim]

16. As populations rise, more natural disasters will happen.

The Earth does what it does (as it has done for millions of years) no matter what is on the surface.

[charlie]

14. His dumb ass was in Hawaii awaiting a tsunami during a "prophesized" disaster

If the millions of flatline dinks who believe that shit would think about that for a minute...

[Submariner]

15. And they want to confine Charlie Sheen to a mental ward without his consent?

People who think like this should be locked up before Sheen is. This is psycho-talk from a guy who sees imaginary sky people.

[jemelanson]

17. This is how the Religious cults sell their non-product, the GOP

learned how to sell their non-product message is way also.. It is all about FEAR. FEAR. and more FEAR. Fear of a vengeful GOD who will strike you dead and condemn you to everlasting torture while the saved and redeemed have a perfect view of you torment and screams from their place in heaven. The Bible tells us this. So you must FEAR God and you must Fear the Commies, and you must FEAR anyone who does not look like you, talk like you, dress like you, or believe like you. If you do not convert those non-believers and make them believe like you, then it is your duty to your God whom you must FEAR to wipe them out so that your FEARSOME God can torment them for eternity in his place of eternal Damnation.


(Let us inquire) what glory there was in an omnipotent being torturing forever a puny little creature who could in no way defend himself? Would it be the glory of a man to fry ants?
-Charlotte Perkins Gilman

[Zorra]

18. Just like Pseudo-Christian nutjobs said about the great earthquake of 968 A.D.

And every other earthquake since Pseudo-Christianity began, whenever that was.

But they don't have to worry, because they are such wonderful human beings that the Spirit in the Sky is gonna vacuum them up to heaven in rapture before the world ends and causes horrible misery to all those filthy depraved heathens that do not believe exactly what they believe.

[Ezlivin]

19. Oh how I wish he'd been fishing in Sendai

Then he could have had his precious end time and we'd not have to hear from him again.

[Hugabear]

20. EVERYTHING is a "sign of the end times" to these assholes

I grew up in a fundamentalist church back in the 80s. Even back then, they would routinely use current events as "proof" that the "end times" were near.

[VWolf]

21. Ok Tim, put your money where your mouth is

Specifically, give me all of it. After all, if you're so sure this is armageddon, you won't need it.

Oh yeah, I'll also take whatever homes you may own.

[Fuzz]

22. . . so accept jesus and don't forget to buy my shit before all hell break loose.

[Lint Head]

23. The end time for Lahaye and all of the other cretins that

use the name of Jesus Christ to get rich cannot come soon enough.

[Dappleganger]

24. Florida hasn't had a hurricane in how many years??

I really hope that Jesus comes to pick up the asshat really soon.

[leeroysphitz]

25. EVERYTHING is a sign of The End Times™ - J.R. "Bob" Dobbs